# How do we PM a forum moderator? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-pm-a-forum-moderator/919793 "2020-09-04T11:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-pm-a-forum-moderator/919793/5 "2020-09-04T12:27:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Just click the group “card”. Ah, gotcha. Yuck, that’s an ugly interface – and includes depressingly low charter member count – but it does get me to a moderator list, so thanks much for that. Posters losing the ability to know who moderates particular forums is a noticeable loss on this new platform. I think that information had real value and if there’s any way to restore it, I would encourage the staff to consider it. It’s also woven into the fabric of how the forums operate. Consider Ed’s announcement just two days ago: > [@Please welcome our new moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/1): > > We’re pleased to announce the appointment of four new SDMB moderators. They are: > > **Hari\_Seldon** - Great Debates, Politics & Elections, MPSIMS > > **Puzzlegal** - Cafe Society, IMHO, MPSIMS > > **Raventhief** - Great Debates, Politics & Elections, Game Room > > **What\_Exit** - Cafe Society, Thread Games, IMHO > > Please join me in welcoming the new crew. And be kind. The reality will sink in soon enough. It’s important enough for Ed to announce, but other than that specific post of Ed’s, we will never again have a way to look up that information. This seems like a pretty significant net loss to me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-pm-a-forum-moderator/919793)._